Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC), is a self-governing body that governs the municipal areas of Gazipur. The GCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 76 councillors. It’s follows The City Corporation act, 2009 from the Local Government Division and derives most of its powers from it.
Gazipur City Corporation গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 16 January 2013 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Sabirul Islam since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
A.S.M. Shofiul Azam since 19 August 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 76 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 6 July 2013 |
Last election | 25 May 2023 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Gazipur | |
| Website | |
| gcc | |
Gazipur City Corporation established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 2,674,697 people in the city corporation area.[1][2] As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.[3]
Services
editThe Gazipur City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
- Evict illegal installations.
- Purify and supply water.
- Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
- Eliminate waterlogging.
- Garbage removal and street cleaning.
- To manage solid waste.
- To arrange hospital and dispensary.
- Construction and maintenance of roads.
- Installation of electric street lights.
- Establish car parking.
- Maintenance of parks and playgrounds.
- Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
- Preparation of birth and death registration certificate.
- Preserving the traditional place.
- Disease control, immunization.
- Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.
Annual Budget
editGazipur City Corporation (GCC) has announced a budget of ৳4920 crore (US$410 million) for 2024-25 fiscal year.
List of officeholders
edit- Status
Acting Mayor or Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | 2013 | 6 July 2013 | 11 February 2015 | 1 year, 220 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4][5] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 1 March 2015 | 1 June 2017 | 2 years, 92 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 1 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | – | 1 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | 35 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 7 July 2017 | 17 July 2018 | 1 year, 10 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 2 | Zahangir Alam | 2018 | 27 July 2018 | 25 November 2021 | 3 years, 121 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8][9][10] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 26 November 2021 | 25 May 2023 | 1 year, 180 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 3 | Jayeda Khatun | 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 1 year, 85 days | Independent | [11] | |
| – | Md. Sabirul Islam (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 124 days | Independent | ||
Elections
editElection Result 2023
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jayeda Khatun | 238,934 | 41.7% | |||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 222,736 | 38.9% | |||
| IAB | Gazi Ataur Rahman | 45,352 | 7.9% | |||
| Independent | Sarkar Shah Nur Islam | 23,265 | 4.1% | |||
| Gano Front | Atiqul Islam | 16,974 | 2.9% | |||
| JP(E) | MM Niaz Uddin | 16,382 | 2.9% | |||
| Zaker Party | Raju Ahmed | 7,206 | 1.3% | |||
| Independent | Harun-or-Rashid | 2,426 | 0.4% | |||
| Majority | 16,198 | |||||
| Turnout | 573,275 | |||||
| Registered electors | 1,179,486 | |||||
| Independent gain from AL | ||||||
Election Result 2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Zahangir Alam | 4,00,010 | N/A | |||
| BNP | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 1,97,611 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 2,02,399 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,02,199 | |||||
| Registered electors | 11,37,112 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election Result 2013
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | M. A. Mannan | 3,65,444 | N/A | ||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 2,58,867 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,06,577 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,54,311 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,26,938 | ||||
| BNP win (new seat) | |||||
Important establishments
editThis section may contain material not related to the topic of the article and should be moved to Gazipur instead. (July 2020) |
- Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
- Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
- Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
- Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
- Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
- National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
- Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
- Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
- Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
- Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
- National University
- Bangladesh Open University
- Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
- Security Printing Press Ltd.
- Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
- Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
- Ansar Academy
- Bangabandhu Safari Park
- Hi-tech Park
References
edit- ^ "Gazipur City Corporation". gazipurcity.com.
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. p. 10. ISBN 978-984-35-2977-0.
- ^ Akand, Raihanul Islam (23 June 2020). "Road conditions are hot topic for Gazipur polls". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam suspended". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". www.dhakatribune.com. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.